Oneonta band wins 1st SUNY Music Madness contest

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Dec 23, 2013 at 3:41 PM

The AP

ONEONTA | When it comes to rockin' the SUNY (SOO'-nee) system, Oneonta tops the charts.Somewhere Up There, a five-member rock band from the State University of New York College at Oneonta, has been named the winner of the first SUNY Music Madness contest. They beat out another band of SUNY Oneonta students — Hello, Seattle — for the top honors in a contest that collected votes from among the 64-campus SUNY system.Somewhere Up There won by 31 votes when voting closed Wednesday afternoon. More than 10,000 votes were cast in three rounds of voting for the more than 12 groups that competed.